Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Burgess was born on 4 August 1788, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Edward Burgess, was 37 and her mother, Bathsheba Atsatt, was 31. She married Anson Matthews on 15 September 1811, in Conway, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died after July 1870, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Nauvoo 1842 Census
- Elisabeth Burgess, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Elizabeth Burgess, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
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1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1789 · The United States Constitution
Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .
Americanized form of French Bourgeois .
History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIRTHDATE: 7 Feb 1837 McComb, McDonough, Illinois DEATH: 17 Apr 1867 Payson, Utah Co., Utah PARENTS: Anson J. Mathews Elizabeth Burgess PIONEER: 1848 Independent Wagon Company SPOUSE: …
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